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Survive & advance. The Men’s Basketball tournament already has two Final Four spots clinched–#1 Arizona and #3 Illinois punched their tickets Saturday. Sunday, the other two spots will be decided. Meanwhile the women moved to the Elite 8 round, with two spots on the line Sunday, two more on Monday.  WJPA-AM (1450) is your home for the NCAA Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championships, right through the finals next Sunday & Monday.

Sunday, March 29
Men’s Elite 8 – both on WJPA-AM
1:00 pm Tournament Today
2:00 pm #1 Michigan vs #6 Tennessee
4:55 pm #1 Duke vs. #2 UConn

Women’s Elite 8
12:30 pm #1 UConn vs. #6 Notre Dame
3:10 pm #1 UCLA vs. #3 Duke

Monday, March 30
Women’s Elite 8 – both on WJPA-AM
6:30 pm #1 Texas vs. #2 Michigan
9:10 pm #1 South Carolina vs. #3 TCU

NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Robert Jr. hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the New York Mets a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Luis Torrens delivered a tying single in the 10th and the Mets improved to 2-0. After starters Mitch Keller and David Peterson matched zeros in 42-degree weather, Nick Gonzales lined an RBI single for Pittsburgh with one out in the 10th to break a scoreless tie. Mets reliever Luis Garcia prevented further damage by retiring Jake Mangum with the bases loaded. Bryan Reynolds put the Pirates ahead again with a two-out infield single in the 11th before Richard Lovelady struck out Gonzales with runners at the corners.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist in his return from injured reserve and the Dallas Stars pulled away from the undermanned Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3. Rantanen had missed the last 15 games with a lower-body injury sustained while competing for Team Finland at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Rantanen scored his first NHL goal since Feb. 2 when he took a slick cross-ice feed from Jason Robertson and powered it by Stuart Skinner to put Dallas in front to stay. Robertson added his 40th goal of the season for Dallas, which ended a four-game losing streak. The Penguins played without injured stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.